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Anika Damm
@anikadamm.bsky.social
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PhD student at the Crop Science Centre (University of Cambridge). Investigating plant-nematode interactions.
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Anika Damm @anikadamm.bsky.social · Mar 11
Very excited to see my first first-authored paper published in @pnas.org . We found the first regulator of effector production in plant-parasitic nematodes! Congratulations to co first author @clempellegrin.bsky.social and all other authors. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · 8d
New Preprint alert! It is finally here!
M incognita is a remarkable pathogen: extremely specialised with the widest host range (> 3,000). All this while reproducing parthenogenetically! We analyse the infection phenotype and transcriptome of 9 hosts (6 orders) at 25 dpi.
doi.org/10.1101/2025...
The host range paradox of Meloidogyne incognita: a physiological and transcriptomic analysis of nine susceptible interactions across six plant orders
The plant-parasitic nematode Meloidogyne incognita is the pathogen with the broadest host range among all known biotrophic interactions. This species is also the single most damaging of a group of agr...
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · 27d
Thank you to everyone who submitted an abstract for #VNC2025!!
For everyone that missed their chance: we extended the deadline for abstract submission until Monday, September 15th: forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY...
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · 28d
#VNC2025 is going to be global!! Thank you to everyone who already registered!
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · 28d
#VNC2025 is going to be global!! Thank you to everyone who already registered!
If you haven’t registered yet: today might be your last chance. Follow the link to register and/or submit an abstract forms.gle/yqQtpovYiwrY....
Looking forward to seeing everyone!!!
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British Society of Plant Pathology @bspp.bsky.social · 29d
Adela Gaja Jezierska-Suwinska is making plants invisible to nematodes!
#PPATH2025 #ECPP2025
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Aug 13
🪱 Reminder: Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN until September 10th! 🎉

Register and submit your abstract here. 👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z

Special thanks to @biologists.bsky.social who support this year’s VNC via Funding for Innovations in Sustainable Conferencing.
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Anika Damm @anikadamm.bsky.social · Jul 22
Absolutely honoured to have been invited to speak and very much looking forward to the conference!!
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Association of Applied Biologists @aabiologists.bsky.social · Jul 15
🔖 Save the date!

🪱 This year's "Advances in Nematology" will be held at the Linnean Society London & online on December 4th 🪱

📆 Limited in-person registration opens 1st September!

Submit an abstract & find out more 🔗 buff.ly/HOgf6af

@anikadamm.bsky.social #nematodes #plantscience 🧪
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Fantin Mesny @mesny.bsky.social · Jul 20
Great presentation (and poster!) by @anikadamm.bsky.social, describing two nematode transcription factors that regulate effector gene expression at different infection stages.
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Fantin Mesny @mesny.bsky.social · Jul 20
Coming back from 5 days of great science at #2025ISMPMI, I wanted to share some of my highlights, and particularly to mention my favourite presentations by early career researchers.

A thread 🧵 ⬇️
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Anika Damm @anikadamm.bsky.social · Jul 11
Registration for #VNC2025 is open!! If you are a ECR please consider submitting an abstract using the link/QR code below. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Jul 10
🪱 Calling all Early-Career Nematologists:
Registration for #VNC2025 is NOW OPEN! 🎉

If you are MSc student, PhD candidate, or postdoc working in nematology, Register and submit your abstract.

Register here👉 lnkd.in/dzTRsK7z

⏰ Registration closes September 10th!!!
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Jul 7
🚀 Registration for VNC 2025 opens on July 10, 2025!

🔬 Submit your abstract and showcase your research in a vibrant, supportive environment.

📅 Save the date! More info on the 10th!
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Sebastian Eves-van den Akker @sebastianevda.bsky.social · Jun 27
New paper @natgenet.nature.com

nature.com/articles/s41...

Our most recent thinking on HYP effectors involves programmed shuffling of the parasite genome. This prompted us to review how and when organisms edit their own genomes

In so doing, Vincent made two important discoveries...

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How and when organisms edit their own genomes - Nature Genetics
This Review describes the changes that some organisms make to their own DNA sequences, linking many to common genetic mechanisms built around canonical DNA repair and to a set of functional circumstan...
nature.com
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International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions @ismpmi.bsky.social · Jun 24
Explore the latest research on the molecular battles between plants, nematodes, and parasitic plants in the #2025ISMPMI concurrent session, “Plant Interactions with Nematodes & Parasitic Plants.”

bit.ly/3SmrAZ1

Registration closes 7 July!

#Nematology #ParasiticPlants
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Victor S @vmourade.bsky.social · Jun 20
🌱 New review out with @minyaojhu.bsky.social and Dr. Katharina Schiessl.

Plants form unique organs, and here, we dive into signal perception, hormone regulation, and organ development of three structures: root-knot gall, rhizobia nodule and haustorium

Read here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.tp...
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Trends in Parasitology @cp-trendsparasitol.bsky.social · May 23
Drs Kaihuai Li, Daowen Wang, Fengquan Liu & Zhengqing Fu highlight @sebastianevda.bsky.social‬ & colleagues’ ‪@pnas.org‬ article on #plant #effectostimulins & #nematode SUbventral-Gland Regulator #SUGR1 promoting parasitism. @sc.edu‬ @camplantsci.bsky.social

authors.elsevier.com/a/1kzVW5Eb1x...
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · May 12
Get to know our Board members! 🌱

Meet Dr. Unnati Sonawala (@uprogress.bsky.social), one of YNN’s founding members. As a PostDoc at the @cropscicentre.bsky.social, she is marvelled at interactions between plants and microbes—and beyond! Also, she is passionate about learning a new language!
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · May 8
Unnati Sonawala talks about her work setting the stage for large-scale nematode effector screening in tomato roots.

Her project was a pilot in our new Postdoc Innovation Awards launched in 2024.

👉 tinyurl.com/ykc6ckee

@uprogress.bsky.social
@cropscicentre.bsky.social

#PlantScience 🧪
Tomato root protoplasts. Photo credit: Unnati Sonawala
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Department of Plant Sciences Cambridge @camplantsci.bsky.social · Apr 29
New study shows how disrupting plant-nematode communication could limit cyst nematode infections.

The work - a collaboration between Cambridge Uni, Iowa State Uni, John Innes Centre & USDA - opens promising new routes to nematode control for crop protection & food security.

tinyurl.com/222h572b
Photo of a cyst nematode's head viewed through a high-power microscope shows its esophageal glands, which produce effectors it uses to infect host plants. Photo illustration by Tom Maier and Thomas Baum/Iowa State University.
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Mar 28
We are delighted to announce our upcoming seminar:
"Nematode-Microbe Interactions" by Dr Olivera Topalović and PhD student Sandra Bredenbruch

🔬 Don’t miss it—register now!
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Jonathan D G Jones aka JJ @jonathandgjones.bsky.social · Mar 18
important work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Marc Somssich @somssich.bsky.social · Mar 12
📜 The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence

🧑‍🔬 Clement Pellegrin, Anika Damm, Sebastian Eves-van den Akker, et al.

📔 @pnas.org

🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

#️⃣ #PlantScience #PlantImmunity #Nematodes
The SUbventral-Gland Regulator (SUGR-1) of nematode virulence | PNAS
Pathogens must precisely tailor their gene expression to cause infection. However, a signaling cascade from host signal to effector production has ...
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Mar 11
Exciting: YNN, SON and APN working together to bring excellent NemaEvents later this year! Curious to know more? Follow us and stay tuned for updates!
#Science #PlantPathology #Nematology #Nematodes
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Anika Damm @anikadamm.bsky.social · Mar 11
Very excited to see my first first-authored paper published in @pnas.org . We found the first regulator of effector production in plant-parasitic nematodes! Congratulations to co first author @clempellegrin.bsky.social and all other authors. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Young Nematologists Network @youngnemas.bsky.social · Mar 11
Still reflecting on our last webinar—we had participants from 15 different countries tuning in! It was truly exciting to see such diversity and the high level of engagement from nematologists around the world. 🌍✨
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